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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Greece Challenger
August 19 - 24, 2003

(5) Florian Gosch/Bernhard Strauss, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leoben

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$172,325.00

Bernhard Strauss
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$40,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	10	1	11	4	US$65,200.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,500.00
Overall	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	10	1	11	4	US$72,700.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q22	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q25	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q22	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q30	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q24	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q22	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-6/2002	Brazil Open	30, Q5	25th	30	US$1,650.00

Greece Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/19/2003	Pool E	Kristians Marnics / Tomass Marnics, Latvia (20)	Won 21-15, 23-21	0:44
Wed, 8/20/2003	Pool E	Ron Andelhof / Ward Coucke, Belgium (17)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
Thu, 8/21/2003	Pool E	Andreas Gilbertsson / Robert Svensson, Sweden (8)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 8/22/2003	Winner 1	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (14)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 8/23/2003	Winner 2	Mykola Babich / Dmytro Khudoley, Ukraine (11)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
Sat, 8/23/2003	Semi-Finals	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (1)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:41
Sun, 8/24/2003	Bronze Medal	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (3)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:38

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	9	0	$48,400.00
Challenger	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Total	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	0	$72,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Florian Gosch												Bernhard Strauss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,575.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	0	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,025.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	0	$24,200.00
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00	Challenger	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$575.00
106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00	Total	62	0	0	1	2	1	5	8	11	0	$40,575.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,650.00	1	7	12.5 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	5	7	41.7 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,650.00	6	14	30.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	6	4	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Florian Gosch													Bernhard Strauss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	14	$2,075.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	17	$2,700.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	11-7	61.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	13-8	61.9%
2002-2003	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	10	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	29	13	3	6	0	0	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	49
Challenger	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	13	8
Total	0	1	36	23	8	13	0	0	8	21	0	2	1	1	0	0	65	79

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Strauss lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Semi-Finals	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	Gosch/Strauss	5	21-16, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	3	Gosch/Strauss	5	24-22, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
8/21/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool E	Gosch/Strauss	5	Gilbertsson/Svensson	8	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 1-0
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 2	Gosch/Strauss	5	Babich/Khudoley	11	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Petreaev/Shapranovich, Israel 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Strauss	Q22	Petreaev/Shapranovich	Q43	21-18, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
8/22/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	5	Grinbergs/Stals	14	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 17 Andelhof/Coucke, Belgium 1-0
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool E	Gosch/Strauss	5	Andelhof/Coucke	17	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 18 Palinek/Smrcka, Czech Republic 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Palinek/Smrcka	Q43	Gosch/Strauss	Q22	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Marnics/Marnics, Latvia 1-0
8/19/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool E	Gosch/Strauss	5	Marnics/Marnics	20	21-15, 23-21	0:44